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The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante
出版
Europa Editions
, 2005-09-01
主題
Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
Fiction / Psychological
Fiction / Women
Fiction / Literary
ISBN
1609450299
9781609450298
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=grTRDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
From the
New York Times
–bestselling author of
My Brilliant Friend
, this novel of a deserted wife’s descent into despair—and rage—is “a masterpiece” (
The Philadelphia Inquirer
).
One of the
New York Times
’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
The Days of Abandonment
is the gripping story of an Italian woman’s experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even refrain from assaulting him physically.
In a “raging, torrential voice” (
The New York Times
), Olga conveys her journey from denial to devastating emptiness—and when she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal.
“Quick, furious, simultaneously steely and unhinged, and completely mesmerizing.” —
The New York Times
“Intelligent and darkly comic.” —
Publishers Weekly
“Remarkable, lucid, austerely honest.” —
The New Yorker
